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Intel Pentium B960 vs Intel Core i3-3240

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 63 %
Intel Pentium B960
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-3240
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 49 %
Intel Pentium B960
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-3240
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Pentium B960
2C / 2T · 2.20 GHz
383
Intel Core i3-3240
2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
586
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium B960
2C / 2T · 2.20 GHz
679
Intel Core i3-3240
2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
1,240
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Pentium B960
2C / 2T · 2.20 GHz
413
Intel Core i3-3240
2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
672
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium B960
2C / 2T · 2.20 GHz
825
Intel Core i3-3240
2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
1,483
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Pentium B960
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
106
Intel Core i3-3240
Intel HD Graphics 2500
101
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium B960
2C / 2T · 2.20 GHz
338
Intel Core i3-3240
2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
835

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At a glance

Wischen
Intel Pentium B960Intel Core i3-3240
FamilyIntel Pentium (150)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Pentium 900 (10)Intel Core i 3000 (31)
ArchitectureSandy Bridge UIvy Bridge S
Technology32 nm22 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketPGA 988LGA 1155
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Pentium B960Intel Core i3-3240
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 2.20 GHz 3.40 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache2.00 MB3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Pentium B960Intel Core i3-3240
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)Intel HD Graphics 2500
GPU frequency0.65 - 1.10 GHz0.65 - 1.05 GHz
CUs / Shader6 / 486 / 48
Raytracing
Max. displays23
Max. GPU Memory2 GB2 GB
Technology32 nm22 nm
Release dateQ2/2011Q2/2012

NPU AI performance

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Intel Pentium B960Intel Core i3-3240
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Pentium B960Intel Core i3-3240
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB32 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 162.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Pentium B960Intel Core i3-3240
TDP35 W55 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.85 °C

Technical details

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Intel Pentium B960Intel Core i3-3240
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release dateQ4/2011Q3/2012
Release price117 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Pentium B960
Intel Pentium B960
2C / 2T · 2.20 GHz
Intel Core i3-3240
Intel Core i3-3240
2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

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